1924
Born in Kiel, Germany
Until 1941
Apprenticeship as decorative painter
1942 - 1945
Soldier
1948 - 1949
Attended a private art school in Plön, Holstein, Germany
1950 - 1958
Studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf as student of Bruno Goller and Ewald Mataré
1956
Master-class student in the sculpture class of Ewald Mataré and involvement as coworker for Mataré’s works at Cologne Cathedral
Since 1958
Work as freelance artist in Dusseldorf
Since 1962
Haese discovers the mechanical components of watches and clocks as well as other metallic materials as subject and construction elements of his art
1964
Participates at documenta III
1966
David E. Bright-Foundation Award, Venice Biennale
1967
Cornelius Prize from the city of Düsseldorf
Prize from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York
1969
Participates X. Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil
1978
Art Price of the German federal state Schleswig-Holstein
1980
Visitor Prize of the Triennale Fellbach, Germany
1981
Received the Award “Kunstpreis der Künstler”, Düsseldorf
1994
Honorary professor of the German federal State Schlesweig-Holstein
1997
Member of the “Freie Akademie der Künste”, Hamburg
2002
Art Prize of the „Schleswig-Holsteinischen Wirtschaft“
2013
Visitor Prize of the Triennale Fellbach, Germany
2016
Günter Haese dies on the 30th of November nearby Hannover